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Taiwan in charge of its future: Tsai

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From left, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Chi-chang, DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen and Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung wave to supporters at the opening of a joint election campaign headquarters in Taichung yesterday.
Photo: Spencer Chang, Taipei Times

Only Taiwanese can determine the nation’s future and future cross-strait relations through the Jan. 16 elections, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, as she sharply criticized President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) performance in Singapore on Saturday.

President Ma humiliated the nation

Taipei Times Editorial

Before leaving Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) promised that his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) would be on equal footing. However, what actually happened at the meeting gave the impression that Taiwan was a legitimate part of China and that Ma was happy about it.

APEC meet holds vast importance for Taiwan

Lai I-chung 賴怡忠

Tension in the South China Sea is once again running high after Washington sent the warship USS Lassen to sail less than 12 nautical miles (22.2km) off the Subi Reef (Jhubi Reef, 渚碧礁) — which Beijing claims — as a demonstration of its intention to keep shipping lanes in the area open.

The US is neither protesting China’s claims of sovereignty over the reef, nor asking it to stop the land reclamation work there. The idleness suggests that Washington is trying to tell Beijing that according to international law, artificial reefs do not entail the same territorial claims to maritime waters that natural islands do.

Ma’s sly effort to slip into history

Taipei Times Editorial

Cross-strait affairs are matters of great sensitivity and warrant the careful assessment of those in power, as they relate to Taiwan’s security, sovereignty and national dignity.

As such, it is dumbfounding that Taiwanese had to find out via a media scoop that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is due to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in just a few days.

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